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Posted by: H3W Original: 1/26/2007 1:20 AM Views: 32 Comments: 15 eProps: 10 Read Comments Post a Comment Back to Your Xanga Site

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Friday, January 26, 2007

I want to get deeper into compatibilism and morality, but I found this so repugnant I had to post it.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/25/oppenheim.cabbies/index.html

Whatever happened to the First Amendment? Whatever happened to the Fourteenth Amendment? Whatever happened to the application of the First Amendment through the Fourteenth Amendment?

Posted 1/26/2007 1:20 AM - 32 views - 15 comments

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yes, it is sad those 14% think the cab driver should be able to refuse service based on religion.

Posted 1/26/2007 9:30 AM by LeftWingFlyer - reply

See this is exactly why most people shouldn't vote.

How can you say with a straight face that the government can force a muslim to violate his religion? Where's the compelling state interest?

Posted 1/26/2007 9:47 AM by H3W - reply

Ah now it's even worse...12% to 88%, with a 68,000+ difference.

Posted 1/26/2007 10:18 AM by H3W - reply

hmm.hmm.hmm. idk, i guess it's sorta sad. but i *think* i might agree with the public...

Posted 1/26/2007 12:27 PM by Rose_caper_89 - reply

Why? This country wasn't founded on the right to ride taxis.

Posted 1/26/2007 2:18 PM by H3W - reply

See, if it was their OWN taxi (that they owned) / company, I'd say they can pick whoever they want to serve. But, they work for a company - which changes things. I work for a company and not myself, so if I have to deal with a customer I don't have the option of saying "I don't like your *fill in the blank*, I won't help you". If I did, I would lose my job and rightfully so. The person who owns a company can discriminate against whoever they feel like because it's their company. Employee's of a company cannot discriminate over who they will work with, unless they want to lose their job.

Posted 1/26/2007 6:23 PM by BimmerPhile - reply

Of course I support the legal right of the employer to fire for any and every reason, including religion and the practice thereof. My problem is when the government, not the company, intervenes.

Posted 1/26/2007 6:45 PM by H3W - reply

And where is it mentioned that the government is doing anything? The Metropolitan Airport Commission is the one making this call.

Posted 1/26/2007 9:44 PM by BimmerPhile - reply

MAC is a government agency.

Posted 1/27/2007 12:06 AM by H3W - reply

Hm, I did a quick look around and didn't see anything about it being run by the government. Anywho, that's irrelevant. The point is, you do what your employer says or you find a new job (whether you quit or are fired).

Posted 1/27/2007 6:56 AM by BimmerPhile - reply

But it's not the taxi cab company telling them who they have to pick up (with that I would have no problem), it's the government fining the drivers for following their religion.

Posted 1/27/2007 2:08 PM by H3W - reply

hey! ya, it has been a long time since we talked. at least i can sorta keep in touch with you through xanga!

anyway, yes. the new weird al CD is pretty funny. his wit far outshines my own and his ability to make things rhime is truly great. hehe soooooo...how are you?

Posted 1/27/2007 3:58 PM by Mimisk_Shadow - reply

"it's the government fining the drivers for following their religion."

It's irrelevant that it's the government who is the employer. It is an employer punishing an employee for not doing their job. It's that simple.

Posted 1/27/2007 7:49 PM by BimmerPhile - reply

For clarification, the taxi cab drivers don't work for the government.

It doesn't matter, since a public corporation is not free to discriminate as a private corporation is.

Posted 1/29/2007 3:10 PM by H3W - reply

I agree with you on this. I am ashamed at how people in this country do not respect one another's rights. If the drivers do not want to give rides to certian people it is between them and the agency they are working for. It certainly is not the public's prerogative.

Posted 2/22/2007 8:14 PM by SkyMarshalOz - reply

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